Specifications

Administration Guide
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As!an!example!of!passing!a!parameter!to!the!Emulex!device!driver,!identify!the!bus,!
slot,!and!function!holding!the!first!(or!only)!Emulex!card.!(Find!this!information!in!the!
Startup!Profile!pane!of!the!Options!tab.)!Add!a!line!with!the!format:
device.vmnix.6.14.0.options = "lpfc_delay_rsp_err=0"
to!the!end!of!/etc/vmware/hwconfig.!The!numbers!6.14.0
!specify!the!bus,!slot,!and!
function!where!the!Emulex!card!is!located.!If!you!have!more!than!one!Emulex!card,!you!
should!have!only!a!line!referencing!the!first!card.
Customizing Loading of VMkernel Device Driver Modules on
Startup
You!can!customize!the!loading!of!modules!at!startup!by!editing!the!
/etc/vmware/vmkmodule.conf!file.!By!adding!or!removing!entries!from!this!file,!you!
can!add!or!prevent!a!device!driver!module!from!loading.!Also,!by!rearranging!the!order!
of!the!device!driver!modules!in!this!file,!you!can!specify!the!order
!in!which!these!
modules!are!loaded!during!startup.!You!can!also!supply!extra!parameters!to!a!driver!
when!it!is!loaded!on!startup.
The!vmkmodule.conf!file!takes!effect!only!if!it!contains!a!comment!line!containing!the!
keyword!MANUAL-CONFIG.!Otherwise,!the!configuration!is!obtained!automatically!from!
the!management!interface.!
Each!
non‐blank!line!that!does!not!begin!with!#!should!contain!the!name!of!a!module!
file,!the!tag!to!be!associated!with!the!module!in!the!VMkernel!and!possibly!a!sharing!
specification!(the!argument!specified!with!the!-d!flag!above).!The!module!file!should!
just!be!the!base!file!name,
!without!the /usr/lib/vmware/...!path.!
A!sample!vmkmodule.conf!file!is:!
# MANUAL-CONFIG
vmklinux.o linux
nfshaper.o nfshaper
e100.o vmnic
aic7xxx.o vmhba -d 0:1
CAUTION Do!not!modify!/etc/vmware/hwconfig!except!to!add!parameters,!as!
described!in!this!section.!Use!the!VMware!Management!Interface!to!manage!
your!hardware.
NOTE If!you!use!this!file!to!customize!the!loading!of!device!driver!modules,!you!must!
manually!update!this!file!whenever!you!add!new!hardware.!VMware!recommends!
using!the!VMware!Management!Interface!to!manage!your!hardware,!or!if!you!need!to!
add!parameters,!editing!the!hwconfig!file!as!described!in!the!previous
!section.